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Tuesday, 1 December 2015

El Cid Campaign Day 2015. Game 1

Fortified and refreshed by my sound drubbing in the warm up game (see previous post) I collected James (author of the El Cid supplement) and we wended our way to nether Mansfield for a day's worth of WABbing.
It was to be a 2,000 point event organised by Scrivs, with the usual campaign elements and hordes of chocolate coins that we've come to know and love. Full details of the rules stuff are here.
I dug out my Almoravids, which haven't seen the light of day for over a year, and hadn't been used in a WAB game since Adam were a lad. As they were set up for 1500 points I added a unit of Christian Knights and dusted off the Kamel Korps, for chuckles.
Unfortunately all my standard bearer models remain behind the bits of kitchen occupying my dining room, so I was to be flagless (though all my opponents were kind enough to imagine them).

First up I was to play Richard who, amusingly, would be using the self-same army I had lost with just two days before. This was only the third game of WAB Richard had ever played. A newbie, using an army I'd already proved to be poor - I bet you can't guess how this will turn out, eh readers?

We were to be playing along the length of the board with a church the prize between us.

The horde of Ibn Coldir

The Kamel Korps

The apostate followers of Ibn Skrivs

Dirty Christian sell-swords

Noble Christian allies

The smell of fear wafts toward the enemy

Chaaarge!

A more cautious advance

Grab the church!

High water mark for Ibn Coldir

This did not go entirely to plan...

Remember, never charge spears with spearmen...

The apostates start to break into the church

Fleee!

We shall draw a veil over proceedings from here. Suffice to say that my mercenary knights fled, panic ensued and despite the Black Guard battering their way into the church that was merely a temporary blip on Richard's otherwise smooth passage to victory.

A good fun game wherein I was outplayed by a splendid and charming opponent.